Ahead of SPY at 30 of 60 month-ends.
Same starting value · dividends reinvested
Selected allocation CAGR +11.5%
SPY CAGR +12.0%
Shaded: major market crises Bear Market (2022)
HDV + SCHD + SPYD + VYM
4 ETFs · Dividend equity
- $10,000 lump sum
- Monthly rebalancing
- Dividends reinvested
- Benchmark: SPY
- No taxes or fees
- $10,000 became
- $17,265 SPY alone: $17,597 −$332 vs SPY
- Annual return
- +11.5% SPY +12.0% -0.4pp vs SPY
- Max drawdown (month-end)
- -14.9% SPY -23.9% +9.0pp vs SPY Regained 2 mo after the low
- Below the high at period end
- 0.0% At a high at period end
Key points for this allocation
- Every holding is in equities.
- Its dividend yield over the last 12 months was 3.0%; the results reinvest dividends.
- During the Bear Market (2022) it returned -12.2%, while SPY returned -19.7%.
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Growth
Starting from $10,000, shown with SPY over the same window. Shaded bands mark major market crises.
Declines and recoveries
Month-end decline from the previous high. Closer to 0% means a smaller fall.
The deepest fall was -14.9%, regained 2 months after the low.
Values below 0% are loss periods
Calendar-year returns
Only years with all twelve months. The table also lists the deepest fall within each year (the in-year low).
Of 4 complete years: 0 with a loss, 1 ahead of SPY.
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| Year | Selected allocation | SPY | In-year low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +10.0% | +17.7% | -6.2% |
| 2024 | +14.9% | +24.9% | -6.1% |
| 2023 | +4.3% | +26.2% | -9.6% |
| 2022 | +1.1% | -18.2% | -14.9% |
Depending on when you bought
Every month in the window taken as a start, held one, three or five years.
Observed windows overlap and are not independent samples. These shares are not probabilities of future gains.
Holdings
Holdings of the selected split and what each one is.
- HDViShares Core High Dividend ETF 30%
- VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 30%
An ETF investing in U.S. high-dividend equities.
- SCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 20%
A U.S. dividend equity ETF tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index.
- SPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF 20%
Questions & methodology
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What does the HDV + SCHD + SPYD + VYM portfolio hold?
iShares Core High Dividend ETF (HDV) Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (VYM): An ETF investing in U.S. high-dividend equities. Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD): A U.S. dividend equity ETF tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index. State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD)
What were the return and risk of the HDV + SCHD + SPYD + VYM portfolio?
From 2021-10-29 to 2026-10-30, the annualized return was +11.5%, maximum drawdown was -14.9%, and Sharpe ratio was 0.55.
How did it compare with holding SPY alone?
From 2021-10-29 to 2026-10-30, the annual return was +11.5% for this split and +12.0% for SPY. Over the same window the maximum drawdown was -14.9% for this split and -23.9% for SPY.
How far did the HDV + SCHD + SPYD + VYM portfolio fall, and how long did it take to get back?
Over the selected 5 years, the largest month-end decline was -14.9%, from a high in 2022-05 to a low in 2022-09. It regained the old high 2 months after the low.
How many losing years did the HDV + SCHD + SPYD + VYM portfolio have?
0 of 4 complete calendar years ended with a loss. The worst was 2022 (+1.1%).
Are dividends, taxes and exchange rates included?
Dividends are reinvested and results are in USD. Taxes, currency moves against your home currency and trading fees are not included. These results use US-listed ETFs; Korea-listed ETFs such as KODEX and TIGER can be added in the backtest.
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Price data through: 2026-10-30